auld lang syne

I'm going to shake things up a little this year and mail out a few New Years cards out to my friends instead of Christmas Cards. The December Diner's Club set we designed for Gourmet Rubber Stamps has a few New Years stamps in it. It's called Let's Celebrate. Here's a sample featuring the star bell, champagne glass, and Auld Lang Syne sentiment. I embossed the bell in silver embossing powder on blue cardstock... it turned out really pretty, the photo does not do it justice.





I love the song Auld Lang Syne. It's kind of funny because nobody really knows how to sing this song on New Years Eve. :) But it's a great song about old friends.

The Let's Celebrate stamp set is being previewed today. You can see the whole set HERE! I think this is a fun one. We haven't designed a lot of New Years stamps in the past, so it's fun to add these to my collection. There are some fun birthday stamps in there as well.

If you are looking for Black Friday deals today, Gourmet Rubber Stamps has a 25% off sale going on through the end of November!

family photo blocks project

Looking for some Christmas gift ideas? I made a super cute gift for my mom and my mother-in-law that I'm sharing with you today. I decorated 2" wood blocks with pattern paper, scrapbooking letters, and a collection of family photos. They spell FAMILY. Each block has two photos on opposite ends, with the letter around the other three sides (the bottom just has paper but no letter so it sits flat.) This is a fun coffee table or mantle decoration. You can stack them or turn them different ways. My kids love picking these up and looking at the photos.












Supplies:
2" wood block cubes
scrapbooking paper
modge podge - matte
patterned paper
3 kinds of cardstock scrapbooking letters
sanding block or sandpaper
photos - professionaly printed (Costco or Snapfish, etc. Don't print them out at home because the modge podge will make the ink bleed.)

Directions: Cut your photos and paper into 2" squares (you may need to trim them a bit as you go to help them fit on the wood block.) Use a sanding block on the edges. Glue onto the block with modge podge, and also apply a coat over the top of the paper/photos to seal. After it's dry, add your cardstock letters.

embossed christmas cards

While cleaning my craft area this weekend, I discovered my embossing gun and some embossing powder called Winter Wonderland... it's opaque white with flecks of silver. I pulled out my Season's Greetings stamp set and made a few Christmas cards. Embossing is fun. My kids heard the sound of the embossing gun and kept running into the kitchen to see if I was making popcorn... it sounds like our air popper. I had to tell them sadly no popcorn, Mom just making cards. ;)

winners!

I have the winners from the Trick or Treat blog hop! My winners are...

Ashley Nguyen Newell
Lillian Child
Liz Williams

Congrats ladies! Email your mailing address to me at tricia@lizzieannedesigns.com and I'll get your goodies out to you!